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ladibud 29.11.17 - 08:42am
]Australian state of Victoria legalises euthanasia
Kaitlyn Offer 15:12, November 29 2017
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MPs Harriet Shing and Colleen Hartland react as the bill passes inside of the Parliament of Victoria last week. Last-minute wrangling couldn't stop it today.
Australia's only assisted-dying scheme will be legal in Victoria from mid-2019 after state parliament passed controversial legislation following more than 100 hours of debate.

The government-led bill passed the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday.

The parliament has just made history, this is a day of reform, a day of compassion, a day of giving control to those who are terminally ill, Premier Daniel Andrews told reporters.

This is a day that I'm very proud to have made this reform and to have led a team that has delivered the sort of leadership that all Victorians can be proud of. * +

ladibud 29.11.17 - 08:46am
The scheme will be accessible only to terminally ill Victorian adults with less than six months to live.

Health Minister Jill Hennessy said the considered and contested debate was longer than any other bill before it.

We've seen some fantastic contributions, we've had frustrating moments, but ultimately we have landed in a place where Victorians who are confronting terminal illnesses, that are enduring unbearable pain, will have a safe and compassionate option, she told reporters. * +

birdy 29.11.17 - 08:53am
I read some strange stuff about this, like how the injection will need to be kept in a locked box or something, and I'm thinking wait... they aren't sending them home with it, like oh do it yourself. Yeah, I need to read more on it. * +

ladibud 29.11.17 - 08:55am
I am trying to copy and paste the rest but my phone is going ape on me. * +

ladibud 29.11.17 - 08:57am
This is a day that I'm very proud to have made this reform and to have led a team that has delivered the sort of leadership that all Victorians can be proud of. * +

ladibud 29.11.17 - 09:00am
The bill requires royal assent and an implementation group will be formed to set up the scheme, including deciding on the lethal medication.

People applying to use the scheme must be determined by multiple doctors to be suffering intolerable pain and be of sound mind.

Except in cases when patients are too incapacitated, the scheme stipulates that the lethal medication be self-administered * +

birdy 29.11.17 - 09:04am
Ok, well I guess that's fair enough. It takes the pressure off anyone else having to bump people off. * +

ladibud 29.11.17 - 09:05am
Yeah I hope never to be in such a situation with a loved one and doubt I could live with ending their lives no matter what * +

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